Where were you in Japan as a JET and when?
I was a multiple school ALT in Kamogawa City, Chiba Prefecture from 2012-2014.
What sparked your interest in applying for the JET program?
I went to Japan in my first year of college after an opportunity came up to go for a month. We went on a tour of Kyoto, Hiroshima, and ...READ MORE »
Where were you in Japan as a JET and when?
I was in Ichikawa-shi, Chiba-ken, from August 1, 1989 until July 31, 1990.
What sparked your interest in applying for the JET program?
My father was interested in Japan from as far back as I can remember and, though he never actually made it there, he studied Japanese at the Middlebury Language ...READ MORE »
Where were you in Japan as a JET and when?
I was a prefectural ALT based in Fujisawa-shi, Kanagawa-ken, 2015 - 2017.
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What sparked your interest in applying for the JET program?
Oh, so many reasons, but I think my main motivation to apply was ...READ MORE »
Finding a Niche in Japan Research: JET Program Participants and Alumni
Jeanne Beck
PhD student in Applied Linguistics and Technology, Iowa State University
Nagano, 2008-2011
Japan Exchange and Teaching (JET) Program Assistant Language Teachers (ALTs) and alumni are valuable sources of knowledge on workplace relations in Japanese schools. Despite the long history and large number of participants and alumni of the JET Program, limited ...READ MORE »
By Ryan Hata
My name is Ryan Hata and I was an ALT on JET from 2014-2017 in Tottori-ken teaching at Aoya High School. As a fourth-generation Japanese American (father’s side) and fifth-generation Chinese American (mother’s side) born and raised in Honolulu, Hawaiʻi, my heritage mainly consisted of food and celebrating larger events related to my ethnic cultures. For example, I ...READ MORE »
Where were you in Japan as a JET and when?
Sano City, Tochigi Prefecture from 2005-2006.
What sparked your interest in applying for the JET program?
I had done a high school exchange program in Chiba Prefecture, and then studied abroad at ICU in Tokyo during my junior year of college, so I knew Japan and the Kanto Region well. I definitely wanted ...READ MORE »
Where were you in Japan as a JET and when?
2016-2017, I was in Ibaraki-ken, in Toride, the bottom/back heel of the Ibaraki pig.
What sparked your interest in applying for the JET program?
I had a desire to experience Japan, not as a visitor, because my brother had been living there for about four years at the time. Having ...READ MORE »
Preserving Traditional Japanese Agriculture in a Modern-Day Global Context
Lillian Rowlatt
Co-founder Kokoro Care Packages
Niigata, 2003-2005
Japan’s agriculture industry faces challenges from a shrinking and aging farming population, an overwhelming presence of small-scale farms, and inefficient structural and political issues. Yet against this backdrop, an opportunity arises for Japan to preserve and support its agricultural communities by increasing the awareness of its traditional ...READ MORE »
Where were you in Japan as a JET and when?
I stayed in Miyagi Prefecture (Tohoku/Northeast region) in the town of Karakuwa, located on a peninsula on the outskirts of Kesennuma City, from 8/2009 to 8/2011.
What sparked your interest in applying for the JET program?
During my time at the University of Illinois (Urbana-Champaign) I started taking classes on East Asian history, ...READ MORE »
The Tayō-sei: Japanese Language and Cultural Exchange Program for Black and LatinX college students successfully concluded in December 2020. This is USJETAA's only program for current college students—the program was administered by the JET Alumni Association of Southeast (JETAASE) and generously funded by the Japan Foundation, Los Angeles.
JETAASE president, Ingrid Galinat ...READ MORE »
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